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Hurlyburly

Sean Penn (Actor), Kevin Spacey (Actor), Anthony Drazan (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 109 ratings
IMDb5.8/10.0
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Format Color, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, NTSC, Closed-captioned
Contributor Chazz Palminteri, Michaline Babich, Kevin Spacey, David Rabe, Anna Paquin, Anthony Drazan, Robin Wright, Elaine Corral Kendall, David Fabrizio, Sean Penn, Meg Ryan, Gianna Ranaudo, Garry Shandling, Kenny Vance See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 2 minutes
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You wouldn't want to spend much time with the folks from David Rabe's play Hurlyburly. A sensation when it played on stage (with marquee names Harvey Keitel and William Hurt), Rabe's tale of the cocaine-influenced days of Hollywood in the 1980s i

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You wouldn't want to spend much time with the folks from David Rabe's play Hurlyburly. A sensation when it played on stage (with marquee names Harvey Keitel and William Hurt), Rabe's tale of the cocaine-influenced days of Hollywood in the 1980s is a bitter rambling of what humans do with too much drive, power, and money. Robin Williams's joke about cocaine being God's way of telling you have too much money certainly comes into play here. A few days in the life of casting agent Eddie (Sean Penn) and his friends (separated by a year) take place in Eddie's posh L.A. bungalow. Here he and his roomie Mickey (Kevin Spacey) talk nonstop about sex and power, syntax and meaning. Into this wash comes a charitable bigwig (Gary Shandling), a street kid (Anna Paquin), and Eddie's rudderless friend, the violent Phil (Chazz Palminteri). If there is a central story to be found, it's Eddie's drive to fall in love with Darlene (Robin Wright Penn), who finds this world exciting--or at least intoxicating.

This is not the bunch to invite over to your house, and many might even want to skip the two-hour film with its talky, pathetic prose. These characters would probably be despicable even if they weren't addicted to some narcotic. And the talk is endless; conversations that finish with a door slam are taken up moments later on the cell phone (a nice updating touch by Rabe). What draws big-name actors to Rabe's work is the chance to work on one's raw acting talent. Penn and Palminteri fit their roles like gloves, and Spacey again proves he is one of the most watchable actors around. Every nuance, bad pun, and irrelevant slip of Spacey's wicked tongue has a brutal kind of poetry here in a film that can be admired but not loved. --Doug Thomas

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Anthony Drazan
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, NTSC, Closed-captioned
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 2 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ July 27, 1999
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Robin Wright, Garry Shandling
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ New Line Home Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0780626117
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ David Rabe
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 109 ratings

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Sandra Wilde
5.0 out of 5 stars A tale of decadence in the land of Hollywood producers.
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021
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Kevin spacey, Garry Shandling, and Meg Ryan are especially memorable. This was originally a stage play, later filmed. Not available on streaming, but well worth getting the dvd.
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Steve Zakszewski
4.0 out of 5 stars there was a lot of cool cinematography and great shots
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015
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First off, the cast. Stellar. Second, there was a lot of cool cinematography and great shots. Third, the story and especially the characters can be highly off-putting. This is not an easy film to watch because the characters are all such flaming jerks that you want to see them die slow painful deaths. However, there's a lot to be said of such a well-written movie about a bunch of jerks crashing and burning and it's territory more familiar to the stage, which is screenwriter David Rabe's natural environ. In many ways this movie is a cousin to Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and I mean that as a compliment. This is not a light and fun movie and might even require a couple of viewings in order to fully appreciate its brilliance. I recommend having the patience to do so.
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tom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie and a great cast
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2022
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Great acting
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Jeremy Y
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2015
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Great movie. Item was exactly as described and arrive on time. Sean Penn and Gary Chandler are perfect together. Chaz Palmiterri adds a variety of depth to this movie. If you are a fan of dark comedies give this movie a try. I laughed and laughed throughout the entire movie. Sometimes feeling guilty but that's ok i am sure that's what the director intended.
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AV Nation
4.0 out of 5 stars Acting in Perfect
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2020
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T’was on a Gary Shandling binder and bought this dvd because it wasn’t available on ANY streaming service. Only downside is that of the plot. Acting was top notch.
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Santa Claus Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice cast
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2014
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I had saw this movie on cable years ago and liked it a lot. then I forgot about it. When I remembered it I couldn't remember anybody in the movie but Kevin Spacey. So I researched his movies and found it.
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Anthony Drazan
5.0 out of 5 stars Hurlyburly
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2020
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“Then and now.”
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Lee Armstrong
2.0 out of 5 stars Nose Dive to Oblivion
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2006
When David Rabe's play "Hurlyburly" opened on Broadway in August 1984, it was directed by Mike Nichols. It ran for 343 performances -- a long Broadway run -- and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. William Hurt was nominated for Best Actor in his role as Eddie. Judith Ivey who recently appeared in the Clint Eastwood film "Flags of our Fathers" won the Tony as Featured Actress in a play. The rest of the cast included Harvey Keitel as Phil, Cynthia Nixon as Donna, Ron Silver as Mickey, Jerry Stiller as Artie and Sigorney Weaver as Darlene. It's easy to see why a producer would want to bring this to the screen.

With lead actors Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey & Anna Paquin, there are four Oscars to make this an award-winning cast. Perhaps there is a great difference from a Mike Nichols production that would bring out the ironies and balance it with comedy to this film Director Anthony Drazen who won the filmmaker's trophy @ Sundance for "Dramatic Zebrahead." Whatever the reason, the film quickly become tedious and the down-spirals into a valueless void.

It is hard to deny that Sean Penn is one of the most brilliant screen actors working today. He won the Best Actor Award for this picture @ the Venice Film Festival. As Eddie, he snorts cocaine like a chain smoker, snarls, cries & puts his hand in his pants. Watching the actor bounce between highs and lows must be a qualitatively quite difference performance that William Hurt's on Broadway. Penn is worth watching. He's brilliant and makes the film worth a second star.

Kevin Spacey as the manipulative Mickey is hardly endearing. Yes, compared the other guys he seems relatively together. But his separation from his wife and family are hardly touched upon in the screenplay. It leaves Spacey with a mono-level performance that, while interesting, does not move us because he doesn't change.

Chazz Palminteri as the gorilla-minded Neanderthal Phil that can't control himself around women is utterly obnoxious. It's unclear why Eddie keeps him around. Perhaps to feel that he's better than someone else, as the dialogue indicates. But we don't really get that emotional need. Thus when Phil drives off Mulholland, we're really just glad to be rid of him.

I agree that the women are the most likeable. However, we fail to understand why they hang around these guys. Robin Wright Penn's Darlene seems too bright & together to connect with Eddie. As the waif Donna, Anna Paquin almost made me forget her Rogue character from the X-Men movies. She is so vulnerable that I felt sorry for her. As Bonnie, Meg Ryan takes the role that won Ivey the Tony, but we fail to understand why she is loose. She doesn't seem like a girl who'd have such low standards. The fact that she walks out on Eddie seems to confirm this.

Screenwriter David Rabe had worked with Penn in two other films, "State of Grace" & "Casualties of War." While Penn comes off the best, the overall effect of the story is that these are successful people who live in the Hollywood hills, but who have no moral compass and are profoundly unhappy. It was a chore to make myself sit through the entire film. I could only do it late at night after my wife had gone to bed, because she wanted nothing to do with it after the first 10 minutes. So while this project may have been wonderful on Broadway, the film version nose-dived into oblivion. Taxi!
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mike twain
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping movie
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2014
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Great movie everything I thought it would be fantastic acting by fantastic actors recommend anyone to watch a fantastic movie.
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Jax
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2015
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Iris Van Avermaet
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2015
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Exiled warrior
1.0 out of 5 stars Unbearable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2014
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It really takes a lot for me not to watch a movie through to the end. This achieved it. Self-indulgent actors chew their way through a mindless script. Every character is unpleasant. Avoid.
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